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Updated July 19. See newest post.

The following news comes directly from the NSF, and is also available at the link in the headline. If anyone is interested in pursuing this opportunty, likely in collaboration with colleagues from CALS, Engineering, or other colleges, please let me know. I know two of the program officers involved, one from Engineering and another from Social, Behavioral, or Economic Sciences, so I could he helpful in establishing contacts.

The full note is available at the link above, or after the jump here.

Release of the new PIRE solicitation is expected soon (mid-July), with preliminary proposals due in October. On July 28, OISE will host a Webinar to share PIRE information and answer questions. Details will be available soon. Subscribe to NSF Update for email notification of the solicitation publication.
2010 PIRE awards finalized

Fifteen FY10 awards, totaling over $55M, were made from the third PIRE competition. Details can be found in the PIRE3 table.
Important PIRE Program News

The PIRE Program Dear Colleague Letter announces that the upcoming FY2011-2012 PIRE competition will focus exclusively on the NSF-wide Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES) investment area. Through SEES, NSF seeks to enable discoveries needed for environmental, energy and societal sustainability while creating the necessary workforce to address these challenges. By focusing PIRE on SEES, NSF invests strategically in activities where intellectual foci are global, comparative understanding of international variability is required, and best tackled with intellects from around the world engaged in leading-edge discovery and innovation.
More information about NSF's SEES investment area can be found on the SEES webpage. Of particular interest is the recent US NSF - Dear Colleague Letter for the Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES) NSF-Wide Investment Area (nsf11022).
Anticipated revisions to the PIRE solicitation include: exclusive focus on SEES; elimination of the preliminary proposal requirement; and a limit of one full proposal from each eligible institution.
The new PIRE solicitation will be posted on the NSF website, including the OISE homepage, upon release, expected in April, 2011. Proposals will be due in late summer or early fall and awards made in spring of 2012. The solicitation for the subsequent PIRE competition, which will also focus on SEES, is expected to be released in FY2014, with awards in FY2015.
For updates on the solicitation and upcoming deadlines, please sign up for email alerts atNSF's home page and select "Funding Opportunities: Program Announcements and Information" (either "All" or "By Program Area").
If you are interested in submitting a PIRE proposal and have questions about your project's relevance to the SEES research area, please first consult the SEES homepage. If you have additional questions, find the most relevant NSF Directorate in list below and direct your questions to an individual from that Directorate. For questions about the PIRE program in general, contact one of the listed OISE personnel.
CONTACTS

Name	Email	Phone	Room
BIO Maureen Kearney	mkearney@nsf.gov	(703) 292-7187	635
CISE Dmitry Maslov	dmaslov@nsf.gov	(703) 292-8910	1115
EHR Al DeSena	adesena@nsf.gov	(703) 292-5106	885
EHR Kelly Mack	kmack@nsf.gov	(703) 292-8575	815
ENG Geoff Prentice (CBET)	gprentic@nsf.gov	(703) 292-7031	565
ENG Richard Fragaszy (CMMI)	rfragasz@nsf.gov	(707) 292-7011	545
GEO Maria Uhle (OAD)	muhle@nsf.gov	(703) 292-2250	705
GEO Lisa Rom (OCE)	elrom@nsf.gov	(703) 292-7709	725
GEO Lina Patino (EAR)	lpatino@nsf.gov	(703) 292-5047	785
MPS Daniele Finotello (DMR)	dfinotel@nsf.gov	(703) 292-4676	1065
MPS Zeev Rosenzweig (CHE)	zrosenz@nsf.gov	(703) 292-7719	1055
OCI Manish Parashar	mparasha@nsf.gov	(703) 292-4766	1145
OCI Mimi McClure	mmcclure@nsf.gov	(703) 292-5197	1145
OPP Lisa Clough	lclough@nsf.gov	(703) 292-7450	755
SBE David McGinnis (BCS)	dmcginni@nsf.gov	(703) 292-7307	995
SBE Bob O'Connor (SES)	roconnor@nsf.gov	(703) 292-7263	995
OISE Cynthia Sagers	PIRE-info@nsf.gov	(703) 292-8712	II 1155
OISE Maija Kukla	PIRE-info@nsf.gov	(703) 292-4940	II 1155
OISE Margaret-Anne Wampamba	PIRE-info@nsf.gov	(703) 292-8809	II 1155
For specific Project Development inquiries: The OISE geographic region/country program manager regarding project development. Contacts are available from the OISE Staff by Country page.

PROGRAM GUIDELINES

Solicitation 09-505
DUE DATES

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SYNOPSIS

The Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) program seeks to catalyze a higher level of international engagement in the U.S. science and engineering community by supporting innovative, international research and education collaborations. The program will enable U.S. scientists and engineers to establish collaborative relationships with international colleagues in order to advance new knowledge and discoveries at the frontiers of science and engineering and to promote the development of a diverse, globally-engaged U.S. scientific and engineering workforce. International partnerships are, and will be, increasingly indispensable in addressing many critical science and engineering problems. As science and engineering discoveries result more and more from international collaboration, U.S. researchers and educators must be able to operate effectively in teams comprised of partners from different nations and cultural backgrounds. The PIRE program will support bold, forward-looking research whose successful outcome results from all partners—U.S. and foreign—providing unique contributions to the research endeavor. It is also intended to facilitate greater student preparation for and participation in international research collaboration, and to contribute to the development of a diverse, globally-engaged U.S. science and engineering workforce. The program aims to support partnerships that will strengthen the capacity of institutions, multi-institutional consortia, and networks to engage in and benefit from international research and education collaborations.
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY

This program provides educational opportunities for Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Fellows . This program supports institutions which may provide support to individuals at those institutions . To inquire about opportunities in this program, contact one of the awarded institutions, available by clicking on the Awards link.
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Eligible Institutions (granted Ph.D in science or engineering)